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Christmas Display

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Light from a dormer window illuminates a number of Christmas trees, including a tall and lavishly decorated tree, in the home of George Brumder on Grand Avenue at 18th Street. The tree has an assortment of glass, paper, and tinsel ornaments, as well as strings of glass bead garland. A putz, or nativity scene, covers the floor among the trees, and includes a Santa Claus figure on the right. A note on the negative envelope reads: "Christmas tree, Father's last Christmas, 1909." Brumder died May 9, 1910.

Date Created:
December 1909

Publication Information

Date Created December 1909

Physical Description

Format Image
Extent 1 photograph
Dimensions 12 x 9 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection Brumder family and Milwaukee German ancestry research papers, 1844-2014
Call Number PH Milwaukee Mss 229.9.14
Catalog Record https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/9911126509302121
Finding Aid https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil00229

Copyright Information

Copyright Status NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Rights Holder Wisconsin Historical Society
Unique ID
W012696
Legacy ID
WHi 140863

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